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tgraefj•

The Universal Life Church? Shit.. I got ordained online in 10 minutes.

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buscandoOP•

It's so easy, why not do it?

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Soupy-Twist•

pph, screw universal life church... i have the power to officiate a Flying Spaghetti Monster Wedding :D

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rahr12341•

OP, could you repost this to r/atheistarticles

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mistrmangan•

I'm ordained in Texas, just married my first couple a few weeks ago. I'll be available to do the same if Texas ever gets out of the 1950s with its social policies.

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mrpeterandthepuffers•

Why does this matter? You get married at a courthouse, not in a church. There is no requirement for marriage that involves an ordained person. Unfortunately there is currently a requirement that both parties have different genitalia.

Having a "marriage" ceremony accomplishes nothing in the eyes of the law, what matters is the paperwork that you file with the county. We should be focused on getting gay marriage legal (and having those people do it outside of the religion that would abandon them, IMO)

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tomjen•

Who cares about the eyes of the law? The law cannot discriminate between religions, so if the law won't accept this marriage, they have standing to sue under the 4th admentment.

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mrpeterandthepuffers•

No they don't. The law doesn't accept marriages, the law does the marrying. People like to think that the wedding ceremony is when you get married. It's not, you get married when you file the paperwork with the court.

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tomjen•

Do you have any sources for that? Because that is not the experience most religious people have.

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mrpeterandthepuffers•

Here are the requirements for my county. Think of it as the ceremony is just a big party, anyone can throw a party and call it whatever they want..i.e a wedding. What makes it official in the eye of the law is the paperwork.

http://www.usmarriagelaws.com/search/united_states/minnesota/marriage_license/le_sueur_county.shtml

Sorry for format, I'm on my phone.

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buscandoOP•

Did you read the article? It seemed like one of the whole points was increasing support for legalizing gay marriage in the state of MD in the upcoming elections...

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